Final design approved for multi-million dollar Beaufort County animal shelter

A brand new multi-million dollar animal services facility is one step closer to becoming a reality.

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Updated: 10:22 PM EST Jan 11, 2017

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WEBVTT 3HUNDREDS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY ANIMALS ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO A NEW HOME. DESIGNS FOR A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY JUST GOT THE 'OKAY.' WJCLS MEGHAN SCHILLER JOINS US NOW FROM THAT FUTURE SITE.33RIGHT NOW ITS WOODS THE COUNTY OWNS THIS NEARLY 100 ACRES OFF OF SC 170 BUT ITLL BE THE FUTURE SITE OF A MORE THAN 20 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT ANIMAL FACILITYTAKE VO HERES A DRAWING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WITH 3 SEPARATE BULDINGS INCLUDING AN ADOPTION CENTER, ANIMAL SERVICES CENTER AND SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC. THE COUNTYS CURRENT SHELTER IS DILAPADATED AND BEYOND REPAIR. THIS NEW SHELTER WILL REPLACE THAT OLD ONE AND OFFER EVEN MORE SERVICES NEEDED HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.ANIMAL ADVOCATES TELL ME THEY COULDNT BE HAPPIER.SOT WITH CHAIN FREE BEAUFORT "I AM SUPER EXCITED.I LIKE THE LOCATION ITS CENTRALLY LOCATED.ITS NOT ALL THE WAY ON THE ISLAND ITS NOT ALL THE WAY BY THE AIR STATION.IT'S A GREAT LOCATION FOR ALL BEAUFORT COUNTY CITIZENS.I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC ATTACHED TO IT."CONTVO THE COUNTY ALREADY VOLUNTEERED ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION AND THERES A GOAL TO PRIVATELY FUNDRAISE ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS ON TOP OF THATMEGHAN ON CAMERA THE COUNTY TELLS ME THE PROJECT SHOULD GO TO BID FOR CONTRACTORS AS EARLY AS FEBRUARY.ONCE THEY SELECT A CONTRACTOR THESE WOODS HERE WILL SOON BECOME A CONSTRUCTION SITE.REPORTING IN OKATIE MEGHAN SCHILLER WJCL 22

Final design approved for multi-million dollar Beaufort County animal shelter

A brand new multi-million dollar animal services facility is one step closer to becoming a reality.

A brand new multi-million dollar animal services facility is one step closer to becoming a reality.

The Beaufort County Design Review Board approved plans for the 20,360 square foot building that will include a dog park, play areas, spay and neuter clinic, animal services building and adoption center.

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Deputy county administrator Josh Gruber tells WJCL News that the architecture firm Glick/Boehm & Associates, Inc. even designed the retaining pond in the shape of a dog bone.

The building will sit off of S.C. 170 on Pritcher Point Road. The nearly 100 acres of trees have belonged to the county since 2012.

Animal advocates say the current shelter off U.S. 21 near the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is dilapidated and too old to renovate. Plus, the location and jet noise is far from ideal.

The public-private partnership will allow the Hilton Head Humane Association to manage the spay-neuter clinic and the adoption center. The location on Hilton Head will continue to operate as well.

The county has already volunteered nearly $3.5 million and the Hilton Head Humane Association hopes to help fundraise $2 million in private donations.

The county tells WJCL News that the construction project will go out to bid sometime in February.